The Victoria and Albert Museum's own collections record for "Rama and Lakshmana," a Kalighat watercolour and tin alloy painting on paper, ca. 1890, from Kolkata, showing the two brothers fighting the demon Viravahu, with a handwritten Bengali inscription naming the battle. South and South East Asia Collection, museum number IS.32-1959.
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Reliability Tier1
The holding museum's own collections record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its date, materials and museum number, its own title and description naming Lakshmana directly alongside Rama. Citation
PublisherVictoria and Albert Museum
URLhttps://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432378
Source TypeMuseum
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This source names Bengali directly: "the demon Viravahu, with a handwritten Bengali inscription naming the battle."
Source Rama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
This source names Kolkata directly: "1890, from Kolkata, showing the two brothers fighting the demon Viravahu, with a handwritten Bengali inscription naming the battle."
Source Rama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
This source names Lakshmana directly: "own collections record for "Rama and Lakshmana," a Kalighat watercolour and tin alloy painting on paper, ca."
Source Rama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)
This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 7 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 10 claims: 5 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds.
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